Adam Hyslop

Adam came to SCARP in 2008 after completing his bachelor's degree at the University of Waterloo and working briefly with the Region of Waterloo's strategic planning division. His scholarly interests included ecological restoration, urban design, environmental planning, energy policy and land use planning. His professional experience includes research and policy development in the areas of land use, climate change and air quality, intensification, sustainable development, performance indicators and monitoring, energy efficiency and transportation. Adam has worked for the planning departments of the City of Hamilton, the Region of Waterloo, and the City of North Vancouver and was among the first Greenest City Scholars for the City of Vancouver in the Summer of 2010. After graduating from SCARP, Adam worked at TransLink for six years in various roles in Major Projects, Service Planning, Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Program Management, eventually project managing the development of concept designs and business cases for rapid transit projects as a Senior Planner. In 2017 he returned to UBC to serve as Campus & Community Planning's Transportation Planner, working to bring bike share and rapid transit to campus and improve the commutes of future SCARP students!